Chapter 230
When the territory rankings shifted, it immediately caught the attention of the lord players, and the news quickly spread to various civilizations.
After a brief silence, the relevant research teams plunged back into a flurry of activity.
During this time, everyone had grown accustomed to the various increases in territory ratings following the upgrade of Baiye City to a full-fledged city. They could at least speculate on the sources of these bonus points.
However, the resource points category was entirely new territory for them. Even the two fastest-progressing cosmic civilizations were still gathering their academic inclinations, and neither had yet acquired any extraordinary knowledge. The Void Capture Device, which required the foundational knowledge of the three major schools to construct, remained a distant goal.
At the same time, the adventurer players were still at their second class transition, and the term "resource point" was completely out of reach for other interstellar players.
In this context, seeing that Baiye City had already taken the lead in occupying a resource point that was clearly advantageous, how could it not draw the attention of other cosmic civilizations?
What puzzled them even more was that the agent players active in Baiye City had not observed any large-scale movements among the territory NPCs; everything inside and outside the city seemed perfectly normal.
Oh, the only abnormality was that someone noticed the guards of Baiye City had longer health bars after a recent rotation...
"Within a short time, a group of combat personnel in Baiye City has significantly improved in strength," some interstellar civilizations concluded after a series of investigations.
To confirm this, one agent player even ended up paying the price of imprisonment.
“Tap, tap, tap…”
Footsteps echoed in the seemingly empty prison, as this agent player arrived at the jail of Baiye City.
The prison of Baiye City was nothing extraordinary, but it was the first time this agent had been here.
Not long after entering the cell, the player, who had been resigned to sitting in jail, suddenly heard a strangely magnetic voice:
“A new face... Poor thing, what did you do to offend that wicked, petty, devil-like lord?”
“Ah?!” The player jumped in surprise, turning to look at the source of the voice.
Standing outside the prison was a well-dressed man, his hair neatly styled, exuding an air of nobility even in this grim setting. When he noticed the player looking over, a look of pity crossed his face.
The player’s gaze dropped, noticing the man’s attire and the keys hanging from his waist, deducing that he was likely a prison official, and of a relatively high rank.
Such figures were common in NPC main cities, but what were they doing in the prison of Baiye City?
Then, recalling the man’s earlier words, the player’s expression turned strange.
Wicked, petty, devil-like lord?
From the very beginning, when attempts were made to siphon NPC talent from Baiye’s territory, the entire interstellar community knew that Baiye’s territory was exceptionally well-managed, with NPCs exhibiting extreme loyalty to their lord. Even during the most troublesome plague, there had been no loss of population.
In daily life, any resident mentioning Lord Baiye would sing praises. Now, someone was describing Baiye in such a manner, and it seemed this person was a high-ranking official in the prison. Had some special task been triggered?
“Who are you?”
“I am the warden here, Alisio.” A green glimmer seemed to flash across the man’s face. “Do you want to get out of here? I have some special channels…”
Players had already discovered that NPC town guards could be bribed, but in player towns, especially in the highly loyal Baiye City, such occurrences had never been seen. Now that it had upgraded to a city, could bribery finally be an option here?
The player’s eyes lit up, feeling they had stumbled upon a new quest or loophole, until the devilish warden tricked them out of their recently acquired gear, at which point they finally realized something was off...
In the end, only a legend about the "Baiye City Con Artist Warden" continued to circulate among the civilizations.
Of course, that was a story for another time.
...
“Roar…”
With a colorful chimera crashing down, Ye Bai led another team of forty-nine through a magic school dungeon, claiming the corresponding resource point that would yield many high-level magical plant resources.
The Void Capture Device had a refresh mechanism: after a territory completed a dungeon, the chances of encountering that school’s dungeon would decrease, while the likelihood of capturing dungeons from the other two schools would increase.
At this point, about 70% of the previous resource point’s extraction had been completed, and the newly constructed vaults in Baiye City had already stored a considerable amount of precious minerals.
The territory’s former sculpting workshop had also upgraded to jewelry processing, with diamonds and smaller pigeon blood stones being sent for crafting, producing jewelry favored by nobles for sale in the territory’s jewelry shop.
Fire element essence and large pigeon blood stones were kept aside, waiting for the day when technology could be unlocked to create various extraordinary equipment and items.
A blue spatial rift appeared, and fifty figures once again materialized in the barracks’ open area.
After handling the day’s affairs, Ye Bai logged off directly.
Upon returning to her personal space in the star network, she found a flood of emails with authentication information.
These emails were addressed to the identity of "Baiye," coming from the foreign affairs departments of various civilizations, all seeking to purchase information and intelligence related to the "resource points."
Since occupying the first resource point ten days ago, Ye Bai had received similar emails daily. Just as she was checking her emails, the number surged dramatically, and a glance revealed that even the Ruolan Empire and the Kaien Federation, two cosmic-level civilizations, had sent trade requests.
This change was clearly due to Ye Bai having just cleared another dungeon.
Various civilizations watched as the number of resource points in Baiye City refreshed again, going from 1 to 2, yet they had still not received detailed information about these resource points, and they began to panic.
As for the recent organization of players attacking Baiye Town, they conveniently chose to forget that; it had been initiated by the Star Alliance, and as long as no one admitted it, what did it have to do with their members?
Ye Bai merely smiled faintly and closed the emails.
It seemed like the last time she was this "hot" was when all interstellar players had just transitioned to formal players.
Not trading had nothing to do with the Star Alliance’s previous actions; primarily, Baiye City was not lacking in game currency at this stage. Ye Bai was in the chaotic star sea, and trading star coins was of no use, making such transactions unnecessary.
After logging out of the star network again, Ye Bai opened her eyes in reality.
The Ether Laboratory still looked as star-filled as ever. During her time in the territory, every game night, Ye Bai would log off to read a segment of the data left by the black hole in the lab. After more than a month, she estimated that she had finally reached the halfway point.
This was the result of her mental reading efficiency being exceptionally high, showcasing just how impressive the foundation of a seasoned A-level mental power user like the black hole was.
Back in reality, Ye Bai’s first task had become a habit: she naturally opened the jade terminal of the chaotic star sea.
During her time in the chaotic star sea, Ye Bai would log off daily to check the jade terminal, primarily to monitor the trading area for any unusual occurrences around the chaotic star sea, to avoid being affected herself.
After all, this place was not like the Star Alliance, which had a relatively orderly environment.
Thinking of this, Ye Bai couldn’t help but feel a bit self-deprecating; even in the seemingly orderly environment of the Star Alliance, stability was not guaranteed.
However, the moment she opened the jade terminal, Ye Bai’s expression changed, and she sat up straight.
Her daily check of the jade terminal was not only for the trading area but also for the task area, which had previously been blank.
The origins of the jade terminal, which utilized star network technology, the emerging status of "points" as hard currency in the chaotic star sea, the advanced technologies in the shop, and the true state between the chaotic star sea and the Star Alliance... all of these made Ye Bai unable to ignore them.
Overall, the "task area" clearly seemed to be an important breakthrough point.
At that moment, the previously blank task area finally showed signs of change.
In the task area, a golden alert message appeared.
【B-Level Task】
Task Content: Close the wormhole.
Task Target: B-Level to A-Level mental power users.
Task Reward: B-Level to A-Level Stellar Technology. (Based on specific contributions)
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